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Lebanon
A judge issued arrest warrants for three Palestinians suspected of membership in the Al Nusrah Front. Hezbollah chief Nasrallah said the group would provide “all means of support” to the Palestinian resistance. Clashes broke out at an Army checkpoint in Arsal, and a Syrian Air Force strike just inside the Lebanese border near Arsal killed some 20 Syrian rebel fighters.
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Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front posted video of a Lebanese soldier who defected to join the terror group. A Palestinian who was kidnapped in Baalbek was released after a $100,000 ransom was paid. Four rockets launched from the Syrian border area landed in Bekaa Valley towns.
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Hezbollah
Watchmen guard Ras Baalbek against attacks
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Lebanon
Al Monzer al Hassan, a terrorist facilitator with dual Swedish-Lebanese nationality who delivered explosives to two Saudi suicide bombers in Beirut last month, was shot dead during a raid in Tripoli as security forces were trying to arrest him; two accomplices were arrested. Security forces in Tripoli also arrested Hussam al Sabbagh, a wanted Lebanese-Australian with links to al Qaeda who commands Salafist forces in the city. Hamas officials thanked Sidon residents for their financial support of its jihad. Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces Party, slammed the Islamic State’s ultimatum to Christians, saying that “Christians and the various…
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Lebanon
Lebanese troops deployed at 100 new points along the Syrian border in the northern Bekaa Valley, after reports that security forces had disrupted a major terrorist attack by about 2,000 Islamist fighters on Lebanese border villages. US officials reportedly tipped off Lebanese authorities about the planned militant operation, called “Laylat al-Qadr” (Night of Destiny), which sought to kidnap Lebanese troops and residents to be swapped for Al Qaeda, Al Nusrah Front, and Abdullah Azzam Brigades members held in Roumieh prison. The plot also called for massacres of Shiite villages in an effort to draw the area into a sectarian war.…
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Israel
Lebanon TV channels to adopt common newscast supporting Gaza
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Lebanon
Residents of Arsal said fighting across the border near Qalamoun is starting to spill over into Arsal, and expressed concern about attacks from both Hezbollah and the Al Nusrah Front. A Free Syrian Army commander said FSA soldiers are fighting alongside Al Nusrah outside Arsal. Al Nusrah and Hezbollah clashed along the northeastern border; over 100 people were said to have been killed in the fighting, including an aide to Abdullah Azzam Brigades spokesman Sirajeddine Zouraikat. The release from prison of the leaders of rival Tripoli militias is likely to be delayed.
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Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front ambushed and killed three Hezbollah fighters attempting to enter Syria from two Lebanese villages near the border. Gunmen kidnapped an engineer and took him to the Arsal area. Officials in Arsal expressed solidarity with the Army against jihadists. The Foreign Ministry filed a complaint with the UN alleging that Israel has violated Lebanon’s territorial integrity 516 times since Jan. 1.
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Free Syrian Army
Neglected Tripoli finds strength in ISIS flag
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Lebanon
Two men, a Lebanese and a Syrian, were accused of belonging to the Islamic State for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks. Security forces arrested two Palestinian brothers on suspicion of firing rockets into Israel from Tyre. The army is increasing its patrols in an effort to prevent further rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanese territory. Syrian jets shelled areas of Arsal yesterday, wounding 11 people.
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades launches rocket attacks from Gaza
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades has claimed responsibility for three rocket attacks on Israel since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge.
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Al Nusrah Front
Security situation may spark spy wars in Lebanon
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Lebanon
For the fourth day in a row, rockets were fired from south Lebanon into Israel; Israeli forces retaliated by shelling the source. Lebanese security forces found two rocket launch pads south of Tyre, and arrested a suspect near the Rashidieh refugee camp. The Army is searching for militants who many have entered Lebanon from Syria near Baalbek. A military judge called for the death penalty for 23 suspected members of the al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, including top official Naim Mahmoud Abbas, Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion member Jamal Daftardar, and female jihadist Joumana Hmayyed; among the 17 suspects still at large…
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Lebanon
In a clash between Hezbollah fighters and Syrian rebels near Arsal, one Hezbollah fighter and three Syrians were killed, and at least 10 from each side were wounded. Israeli forces fired flares near Aita al-Shaab after rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Israel. Italian UN peacekeepers briefly arrested journalists covering the rocket launches near Tyre.
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Lebanon
The head of Hamas’ International Relations Department claimed that Hamas and Hezbollah have “constant field cooperation and coordination.” Hezbollah has reportedly sent reinforcements to aid Assad regime troops in Damascus. Lebanese forces arrested a member of Jemaah Islamiyah in the Bekaa Valley who allegedly fired rockets at Israel yesterday; three more rockets were launched towards Israel today. Israeli artillery responded swiftly to yesterday’s rocket fire. Security forces are concerned that Islamist militants will kidnap soldiers in exchange for inmates at Roumieh prison. A magistrate called for the death penalty for top Arab Democratic Party official Rifaat Eid and three others…
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Lebanon
A military judge issued an arrest warrant for B.M., a defector from the Syrian army suspected of membership in the Islamic State who allegedly was recruiting fellow Syrians for suicide attacks against the Assad regime. The suspect, who was arrested on the Beirut-Bekaa highway, had fought with the Islamic Farouq Brigades in Syria. Demonstrators carrying Islamic State banners blocked roads in Tripoli for a second day, demanding the release of dozens of inmates from Roumieh prison.
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese jihadis pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
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Lebanon
Security sources warned that suicide bombers from the Al Nusrah Front and other extremist groups are preparing to launch attacks, possibly in Shiite and Christian areas. Extremists from Syria infiltrated into Arsal and executed the father of a teenage boy who had been similarly executed in Arsal last month. Would-be Saudi suicide bomber Ali al-Thweni was charged with membership in the ISIS, possession of car bombs and a suicide belt, and recruiting suicide bombers for attacks in Lebanon. A rocket fired from the Eastern Mountains landed in a Bekaa Valley town. In a video posted on July 6, the Islamic…
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Al Nusrah Front
Fears of ISIS grow in Lebanon
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Lebanon
Western help, boosted cooperation behind security successes
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Lebanon
An Al Nusrah Front official in Qalamoun, Syria released a speech claiming that the terror group has penetrated security and has “thousands” of mujahideen inside Lebanon ready to begin battle against Shiite villages; he also promised speedy relief to inmates in Roumieh and other prisons. The military prosecutor charged 28 suspects with membership in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, planning to carry out suicide and other bomb attacks, training suicide bombers for attacks in Beirut, and purchasing materials for bombs; seven of the suspects are in custody. A grenade blew up near a Tripoli cafe; four suspects…
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Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade
ISIS preparing attacks in Lebanon: report
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Lebanon
An Omani member of Fatah was sentenced to life in prison. Police searched for a car bomb in Beirut. The Iranian ambassador said his country is willing to help Lebanon fight terrorism. Authorities are seeking to prosecute the operators of an alleged Twitter account of the Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade, which recently threatened attacks on Lebanese churches. Sheikh Sirajeddine Zouraykat of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades reportedly called the Twitter account “fake.”
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Lebanon
Syrians to constitute third of Lebanese population
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Lebanon
A grenade was thrown into a Tripoli bakery that was open during Ramadan fasting hours. A judge called for the death sentence for a Syrian woman who possessed detonators and had passed them on to an accomplice. Security forces are bracing for an attack at Roumieh prison; two inmates have been managing a terror network outside the prison, and the Al Nusrah Front emir in Qalamoun, Syria, recently spoke of freeing Islamist prisoners “within days.” The Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, said its fighters are planning to target Christians and churches in Lebanon,…
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Iran
Iran’s near invisible Quds Force commander
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Lebanon
The Islamic Action Party and other Lebanese Islamist groups and leaders, including Hizb ut-Tahrir, denounced the Islamic State’s recent claim to have formed a caliphate. In north Tripoli, an attacker on a motorcycle threw a grenade into a cafe, wounding four patrons who were eating during the hours of the Ramadan fast; and security forces defused a bomb under a bridge. In Beirut, security forces arrested two wanted terror suspects, reportedly a Saudi national and a female companion who were detained in Tariq al-Jedideh.
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Al Nusrah Front
Urduni, Lebanon’s elusive new ’emir’
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Iraq
Patriarchs call on region’s Christians to hold on to their lands
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Lebanon
The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades called for Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria, dared it to fight in Iraq, and threatened further attacks in Lebanon. Security forces blocked roads to Beirut’s Roumieh prison due to fears that the prison might be attacked. A roadside bomb detonated near an Army patrol in Tripoli. Security forces and Hezbollah are trying to thwart Islamic State plans to conduct further attacks, including suicide bombings, in Lebanon; the group is said to have infiltrated Palestinian refugee camps. The IS-linked Jund al Sham in the Ain al Hilweh camp reportedly has over 200 members. Attempts are…
